Weather service: Hard freeze ties record

Preliminary National Weather Service reports show Borger tying a daily low temperature record Wednesday while Amarillo and Dalhart neared record lows, meteorologist Sarah Johnson said.

Borger’s Wednesday morning low of 21 degrees tied a record set in 1952, she said. Amarillo hit 21 degrees and Dalhart’s low was 19 degrees, nearing daily records of 20 and 17 that were also set in 1952, she said.

Meteorologists will have to wait a few hours until temperatures rise for final readings to become available, Johnson said.

Moisture was scant in the Texas Panhandle last night, with reports of light hail reported in communities including Canadian, Higgins, Perryton and Lefors, Johnson said. Wheeler County received enough pea-sized hail to report slick roadways about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, she said.